Thanks Simon Unfortunately Christian is travelling and was unable to post the PR. He told me he could do so this weekend. Carlo did an Italian version and I will work up a French version, but it's less urgent now that the news wave has crested - useful for future visitors.
The PR is here: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-chooses-one-laptop-per-child-laptops-with-sugar-for-major-education-project-in-mideast-92403534.html Sean On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Simon Schampijer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/29/2010 11:27 PM, Sean DALY wrote: >> As our press release today was parallel to OLPC's and many journalists >> consulted both, I am including links to articles which cite OLPC but >> not Sugar by name. Also, yesterday's announcement by OLPC concerning >> the Memorandum of Understanding with the East African Community was >> often folded into the Palestine Territories coverage, so I will link >> to some of those too. >> >> Some errors occurred (the Boston Globe found an extra 10 million XOs, >> IDG said Activities are Windows-compatible) but most coverage has been >> positive. >> >> An encouraging step: OLPC has agreed to cite Sugar in their >> communications going forward, which will be helpful. >> >> >> BBC (1): One Laptop per Child targets Middle East and E Africa >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10091177.stm >> BBC (2): One Laptop Per Child reaches Gaza Strip >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8651580.stm >> >> AFP (via YNet): UN to distribute 200,000 laptops to Gaza refugees >> http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3882775,00.html >> >> IDG: UN to Buy 500,000 OLPC Laptops for Palestinian Children; the >> laptops will run Sugar, not Windows, marking a return to OLPC's roots >> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/195240/un_to_buy_500000_olpc_laptops_for_palestinian_children.html >> http://www.itworld.com/hardware/106222/un-buy-500000-olpc-laptops-palestinian-children >> >> eGov Monitor: 500,000 Palestinian Children To Receive Laptops - A >> Collaboration Between UN And One Laptop per Child (OLPC) >> http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/36068 >> >> Crunchgear: OLPC gets a boost: 500,000 units ordered by U.N. for >> Palestinian children >> http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/04/29/olpc-gets-a-boost-500000-units-ordered-by-u-n-for-palestinian-children/ >> >> Boston Globe: OLPC aims to send 30m laptops to African students >> http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/04/one_laptop_per_12.html >> >> Heise (DE): OLPC-Laptops für ostafrikanische und palästinensische Kinder >> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/OLPC-Laptops-fuer-ostafrikanische-und-palaestinensische-Kinder-990195.html >> >> DigitalTrends: OLPC Inks Deals in Africa, Middle East >> http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/olpc-inks-deals-in-africa-middle-east/ >> >> People's Daily (CN): UNRWA distributes laptops to Palestinian school children >> http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90783/91321/6968177.html >> >> UNIC Rio (BR): Crianças palestinas recebem computadores de parceiro da ONU >> http://unicrio.org.br/?p=579 >> >> Daily Monitor (UG): EAC adopts one laptop per child initiative >> http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/909080/-/wy23nk/-/ > > Sean, and others involved, thanks for getting this press release out of > the door. And, yes, it is important that Sugar is cited. > > Is the press release available online? Could not find it in the press > category on the site. > > Regards, > Simon > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
